008/28 Type of government agency (Authority)

008/28 Type of government agency (Variable Control Field - Fixed-Length Data Element)

Character position definition and scope:

A one-character code that indicates the jurisdictional level of a 1XX heading that is the name of a government agency. The heading may be a jurisdiction or a body created or controlled by a national, state, or local government (including intergovernmental bodies of all types). The fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this 008 position.

National Level Requirement for character position 008/28 and the codes below: Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
#	Not a government agency
a	Autonomous or semi-autonomous component
c	Multilocal
f	Federal/national
i	International intergovernmental
l	Local
m	Multistate
o	Government agency - type undetermined
s	State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
u	Unknown if heading is government agency
z	Other
\|	No attempt to code

Content designator history:

Codes p - Multijurisdictional (federal/provincial combinations or equivalent) [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

q - Multijurisdictional (provincial/local combinations or equivalent) [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

LC guidelines for usage:

008/28 Type of government agency

For information on other 008 character positions, see:

008 Fixed-Length Data Elements

See also:

Variable Control Fields